Water-wheel



. UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE..N

JOEL HAAG AND J. C. SMITH, OF BERNVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-WHEEL.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 32,063, datedtApril 16, 1861.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J oEL HAAG and J. C. SMITH, of Bernville, in thecounty of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Vater-Vheel; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the saine, referencebeingV had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l, is a vertical section of our invention taken in the line m,as', Fig. 3; Fig. 2, a detached sectional view of the wheel with itschutes or water guides, taken in the line y, y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, ahorizontal section of the invention, taken in the line rv, m, Fig. l; Fi4, a detached inverted plan of the wheel.

imilar letters of reference indicate correponding parts in .the several.figures.

This invention relates to an improvement in horizontal water wheels andconsists in the employment or use of stationary chutes or water guidesarranged relatively with a discharge or draft tube and a fiume,substantially as hereinafter described, whereby V it is believed severaladvantages are obtained over other wheels of a similar kind hithertodevised, to wit: the easy and uninterrupted iiowof the water through thewheel, the preventing of the wheel being retarded by back water and thegeneral adaptability of the wheel in all cases where a horizontal wheelis desirable..-

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct ourinvention we will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a Hume which may be of rectangular or other suitableformand which leads from the reservoir to a series of chutes or waterguides a, the latter being arranged in annular form within a rim orcylinder b, directly over the end of the fiume so that the water willpass upward through the chutes as indicated by the arrows in Fig. l.

B, represents the wheel the shaft C, of which is stepped at c, andconcentrically with the rim ZJ, of the chutes or guides a. The bucketsd, of the wheel are of concave spiral form gradually diminishing inwidth from their lower to their upper ends. The chutes or water guidesa, are of the same form but are placed in a reverseposition so that thewater may strike the buckets at right angles.

D, represents a cylinderwhich encompasses the rim or cylinder of thechutes c, and extends down as low as the bottom of the flume A. Thecylinder D, is larger in diameter than the rim or cylinder Z), of the`clhutes a, so that a space e, is allowed between t em.

placed on the cylinder D, and covers the wheel B, a space f, however isallowed between the wheel and cap which coincides with the space e,between the cylinders b, and D, as shown in Fig. 1. The shaft C, passesup through the center of the cap or top E, t-he power being taken fromthe upper part of the shaft. i i

' From the above description it will be seen that the water issues fromthe top of the wheel B, and escapes down the spaces e, the latterforming a draft tube and admitting of a free escape of the water, and incase of a fluctuation in height of the tail race in which the lower endof cylinder D, is immersed, the wheel will not be retarded or affectedin consequence, as the wheel is elevated considerably above the tailrace. The dome-shaped cap admits of the water passing easily from thewheel and down the space 7", there being no abrupt angles presented toobstruct its discharge.

All of the parts may be constructed of metal, cast iron, and the devicetherefore aorded at a reasonable cost, equally so, as the O'eneralityVof wheels of a similar kind.

Fe are aware that water wheels have previously been constructed withconcave spiral buckets and that chutes or water guides have been adaptedto direct the water against the buckets at right angles. 7e are alsoaware that wheels have previously been adapted to receive water atbottom and discharge it at top, and likewise that wheels thus receivingand discharging the water have been covered with a cap or casing. Wetherefore lay no claim to the parts of our wheel separately consideredbut (having practically and. thoroughly tested the invention) we believethat by constructing, combining and arranging the parts in the mannershown and described valuable results are attained in the economy E, is adome-shaped cap or top which is of construction, ease of motion andeective being constructed and arranged, in the lnan- 10 power of theWheel. ner and for the purposes hereinbefore set Vhat We claim as newand of our invenforth. tion, and desire to secure by Letters Pat JOELHAAG ent, is The combination of the inclined chutes or J' C SMITH Waterguides a, cylinder or rim b, concave Witnesses: spiral buckets el, domeshaped cap E, flume JOHN KLINE, A, and annular draft Way f, e, the WholeWILLIAM TILL.

